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“While visiting a private durian estate in Peninsula Malaysia, an accidental discovery was made of a tree termitarium over a branch stump cavity about twenty feet above ground in January […]
![BarbetCpp [Simon-van-der-Meulen]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BarbetCpp-Simon-van-der-Meulen-q8dfcewxduop2c382ni3soqt76eaoo6l3r2e8gjdyo.jpg "BarbetCpp [Simon-van-der-Meulen]")
Through the courtesy of Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS we were made aware of Simon van der Meulen‘s image of a pair of Coppersmith Barbets (Megalaima haemacephala) with bills interlocked, one […]
In May-June 2006, a pair of Red-crowned Barbet (Megalaima rafflesii) was located nesting along the periphery of the old secondary forest at Mandai. In no time at all, a phalanx […]
Earlier posts on birds feeding on Ficus consociata can be viewed at these links: 1, 2, 3 and 4. “One of the adults from the family group feeding on Ficus […]
![BarbetBlEa ju-F. consociata [AmarSingh] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BarbetBlEa-ju-F.-consociata-AmarSingh-2-q8dg0jfssrpn211n72xdslkq37hg8zykf5v1o4rm9c.jpg "BarbetBlEa ju-F. consociata [AmarSingh] – 2")
Earlier posts on birds feeding on Ficus consociata can be viewed at these links: 1, 2 and 3. “A number of Blue-eared Barbets (Megalaima australis duvaucelii) came to feed on […]
Earlier posts on birds feeding on Ficus consociata can be viewed at these links: 1 and 2. “There were at least three different Gold-whiskered Barbets (Megalaima chrysopogon laeta) who came […]
![BarbetGWh [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BarbetGWh-AmarSingh-q8dgqtz9yxpdtcuqny2p1gpwa7w2k7c9paszxrs67k.jpg "BarbetGWh [AmarSingh]")
“Many times important observations have no images to be offered as evidence. Just the event seen by naked eye/opticals. Saw a pair of Gold-whiskered Barbets (Megalaima chrysopogon laeta) – dark […]
![BarbetRTh-beetle [AmarSingh] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BarbetRTh-beetle-AmarSingh-1-q8dfmlhzf8miu9aqm1ylt48kvg7g2mlwi5hredfuk0.jpg "BarbetRTh-beetle [AmarSingh] – 1")
Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS photographed a male Red-throated Barbet (Megalaima mystacophanos mystacophanos) with a metallic-looking beetle in his bill. He was then walking along a secondary forest trail at the […]
Madras thorn (Pithecellobium dulce), an exotic tree introduced to this part of the world from Central America, has now been totally naturalised throughout the tropics. This medium-sized evergreen tree is […]
![BarbetL-mantis [TonSmits]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BarbetL-mantis-TonSmits-q8dfkuispc8b8du7tsqlo24p2mtuqwnvxhs88u184w.jpg "BarbetL-mantis [TonSmits]")
The image on the left showing a Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) about to deliver a praying mantis to its chick was photographed in Thailand. Ton Smits of TonTan Travel sent […]
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